309, Lot: 261. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Summer 32 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.51 g, 2h). Athens mint. Bare head right; [small P (signature) in hair below ear] / ANTONIV[S]/ AVG IM[P III] in two lines. Crawford 542/2; CRI 347; Sydenham 1209; RSC 2. Fine, toned, punch on cheek, scattered marks.

From the RVP Collection.

The only such instance of an engraver’s signature on a Roman Republican coin, the “P” marking behind Antony’s ear is so well concealed that it was not discovered until 1920.